Three and a half million euros available, and less than two months before New Year's Eve, no organizer has been identified in Alghero. The tender for New Year's Eve 2026, declared deserted after the exclusion of the only competitor, sparked a reaction from Forza Italia, which accused the Region and the municipal administration of serious delays in planning.
City Secretary Andrea Delogu intervened, calling the incident extremely serious and demanding an explanation from Mayor Raimondo Cacciotto. Municipal Resolution No. 3465 of November 10 formally excluded the temporary consortium led by TProject Group Srl, the only company to have submitted a bid. The project received 33.76 points out of 80 available, failing to meet the minimum threshold of 35 required by the specifications. According to Forza Italia, the failure was caused by the delayed management of the procedure, which was initially the responsibility of the region and subsequently assigned to the Municipality of Alghero.
"The regional tourism councilor's idea might have made sense, but everything that followed was a disaster," Delogu maintains. The party secretary recalls that the tender should have started in July, but only two months later it was handed over to the Municipality, forced to manage an international procedure with a timeframe that was now too tight. Mayor Cacciotto is also under fire, accused of passively accepting the regional decisions, without adequately assessing the organizational consequences.
"How was it possible to get to November without an organizer, despite the availability of €3.5 million? Why weren't the timeframes and conditions required of economic operators assessed?" Delogu asks, emphasizing that the available resources are six times greater than the usual ones. Forza Italia also recalls previous editions of Alghero's New Year's Eve celebrations, when, during the years of concerts by Max Pezzali and Ligabue and the Tri Capodanno, the city managed to announce the program as early as October.
The primary concern is the economic impact of a strategic event for tourism, accommodations, restaurants, and commerce. The party is now calling on the administration to immediately clarify what solutions it intends to adopt, how quickly a new organizer will be identified, and what guarantees exist for the event's successful implementation.
